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Preview of First Thanksgiving Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade

First Thanksgiving Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade

Created by
Stephanie Trapp
Sail on the Mayflower and experience life as a Pilgrim and Wampanoag during this first Thanksgiving unit for kindergarten and first grade! The week-long comprehensive unit includes detailed daily lesson plans with literature suggestions. It incorporates reading, writing, math, history, handwriting, and art. It also has Google Slides to use for discussion and links to videos that complement the unit study.Click on the PREVIEW to read each lesson plan, see the Week-at-a-Glance planning sheet, as
Preview of Citizenship - Rules and Laws, Good Citizenship Social Studies Activities & Craft

Citizenship - Rules and Laws, Good Citizenship Social Studies Activities & Craft

Are you looking for some fun activities to teach about being a good citizen? This citizenship unit is great to teach at the beginning of the year. This civics unit teaches about rules and laws, being a good citizen, and the leaders in their lives.This unit is appropriate to use at any time in the school year. It is geared towards kindergarten through second grade. Everything is included for you to print and use to teach this topic in your classroom!This unit is part of a money saving FIRST GRADE
Preview of Back to School Art Project : Kandi-Apples : In the Style of Kandinsky

Back to School Art Project : Kandi-Apples : In the Style of Kandinsky

Here is the perfect project for the start of the school year: Kandi-Apples.This project will allow students to create a work of art in the Style of Kadinsky.When they are finished, you can make a colourful collective display. This project requires simple materials, and apple models are also included. A great way to discover a fundamental artist. Level:Kindergarten to Grade 6Technique:DrawingVisual Language:Thick linesThin linesCurved linesMaterials:White sheet or piece of cardboard (8.5 x 8.5 in
Preview of Goods and Services Worksheets and Sorts with Producers and Consumers Activities

Goods and Services Worksheets and Sorts with Producers and Consumers Activities

Created by
Lindsay Keegan
The goods and services plus producers and consumers materials in this resource were created to help students understand basic economics. These concepts can be difficult for young learners but these activities will help them grasp the ideas in a fun manner. Goods and Services Activities Included:- Anchor Charts for Goods, Services, Consumers, and Producers- Vocabulary cut and paste pages- Goods and Services cut and paste sort- Magazine cut and paste sort- Drawing Goods and Services - Listing Go
Preview of Apple Science Interactive Activities

Apple Science Interactive Activities

Created by
Reagan Tunstall
Read about and see this Apple Science Unit being taught HERE! 10 Apple Interactive Science activities that will create a comprehensive study of apples that engages your students! Fill your science notebook or create a 3 dimensional apple science book full of interactive hands on science lessons!Included:•Title and scientist •Apple facts•My five senses•Apple observations•Heavier or lighter?•Sink or float?•Which color apple tastes best? •Life cycle of an apple•Seasons of the apple tree•Which apple
Preview of TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024 ACTIVITIES & ANNULAR ECLIPSE READER ⚫ 2 READING BOOKS

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024 ACTIVITIES & ANNULAR ECLIPSE READER ⚫ 2 READING BOOKS

Created by
FREE YOUR HEART
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024 READER FOR KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND (+ BONUS ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE VERSION) ⚫ 2 MINI READING BOOKS CONTAINING 9 & 11 PAGES + BOOK COVERSKids will surely enjoy reading these cute and informative solar eclipse books! This resource contains 2 simple readers about the total and annular solar eclipses in black and white. Simply print and go! Children can also color the pictures of the books while learning about solar eclipses. The books also explain the total and solar
Preview of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft and Activities

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft and Activities

Are you looking for some fun activities to introduce Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr? I have developed this focus on how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Peacemaker. We talk about the difference between a Peacemaker and a Peacebreaker. Then, students write about how they can be a Peacemaker. There are several engaging activities in this mini unit for you.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Writing PromptsDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemak
Preview of Starry Night Pumpkins : Art Lesson Plan - Halloween - Fall - Autumn

Starry Night Pumpkins : Art Lesson Plan - Halloween - Fall - Autumn

Here is an art project that highlights the arrival of autumn while also discovering Vincent Van Gogh and other impressionist painters. Your students will create artwork with pumpkins/squash while using superimposition. They will work in the manner of the impressionists to colour their projects. The technique of using oil pastels and tempera paint gives an incredible result. Level:Grades One and upTechniques:DrawingPainting Visual Language:Warm and cool coloursDifferent kinds of lines : (curved
Preview of Wants and Needs Worksheets and Sort Earning Money and Saving Kindergarten 1st

Wants and Needs Worksheets and Sort Earning Money and Saving Kindergarten 1st

Created by
Lindsay Keegan
The primary economics materials in this resource were created to meet several standards within one unit. They address needs and wants, earning and saving, currency, jobs/community helpers, and more. Here is a detailed list of the pages included in this packet.Wants and Needs Activities Included:- Cut and paste sorting- Wants and Needs magazine cut and paste sort- 3 pages for drawing examples of needs and wants- A Flap Book - Labeling examples, with word bank- Color Code- 2 pages for Working to
Preview of Autumn Art Activity and Lesson Plan for Kids: Autumn Leaves

Autumn Art Activity and Lesson Plan for Kids: Autumn Leaves

Fall is already at our doorstep! Why not celebrate it with magnificient colored artwork to put on your bulletin board?Level:This projet is convenient for everybody starting first grade. Kindergarten level can also do it with a little more assistance from the teacher. As for 6th graders, they can work harder on the pastel mixing.Technique:Drawing and paintingVisual language:Warm and cold coloursStraight linesVertical, horizontal and oblique linesRepetitionThick linesMaterials:Cartridge paper or w
Preview of Mapping Skills Reader for Kindergarten and First Grade Social Studies

Mapping Skills Reader for Kindergarten and First Grade Social Studies

Created by
Class of Kinders
Teaching mapping skills to your students? Need to help them understand key vocabulary: map, symbols, key, cardinal directions and compass rose? Grab this reader perfect to generate talks and discussions about what maps are and how they help provide information!Includes both a blacking version for your students to color and take home! Plus a color version to project and read whole group!Information included in the reader:maps are flatmaps tell information compass rose tells north, south, east and
Preview of Canada Geography Unit - Canadian Provinces and Territories & Map of Canada

Canada Geography Unit - Canadian Provinces and Territories & Map of Canada

A Trip Across Canada ~ This Canadian Province, Territories, & Mapping unit has 135 pages of social studies activities to teach your students about the 13 Canadian province and territories and about Canadian geography and mapping! Includes full colour posters for each province and territories, questions sheets, activities, printable mini-book, tons of fun ways to learn the map of Canada, as well as lesson suggestions are included. This comprehensive unit is great for Canadian classrooms and I
Preview of Veterans Day Reader Fall Kindergarten & First Grade Social Studies

Veterans Day Reader Fall Kindergarten & First Grade Social Studies

Created by
Class of Kinders
Grab this reader to teach your students about Veterans Day and the importance of the men and women we honor on this patriotic day in November! It is 10 pages and details Veteran's Day in a kid friendly way! The last page allows students an opportunity to answer text dependent questions to strengthen comprehension. You get two versions! The blackline version is great for your students to read, color and take home to share. The color version is perfect for projecting and reading whole group!Check
Preview of Pumpkin Science Interactive Activities

Pumpkin Science Interactive Activities

Created by
Reagan Tunstall
Pumpkins pumpkins pumpkins! Investigate pumpkins with these10 Interactive Science Pumpkin Activities! Fill your science notebook or create a 3-dimensional pumpkin science book full of interactive hands-on science lessons!Included:•Title and scientist •Pumpkin facts•How tall is our pumpkin?•Pumpkin sink or float?•How do you like to eat pumpkin?•Pumpkin five senses•Pumpkin life cycle•What is the circumference of the pumpkin?•How many seeds in the pumpkin?•My pumpkin discoveries writingMore science
Preview of Fire Safety Week Printables

Fire Safety Week Printables

Created by
Clever Classroom
Fire Safety Week - Printables for First and Second GradersFire Safety Week (USA) 2023, is held from Sunday, October 8th to Saturday, October 14th.You may also like ourFire Safety Vocabulary Mats with Record Sheets Center ActivityFor this mini unit, you will need access to the internet to read the story of Sparky the Fire Dog. Links are provided within the file. Students will respond to text in line with fire safety, fire awareness, prevention and also inferential and literal comprehension.Here'
Preview of My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids

My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids

This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
Preview of The Great Turkey Race Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity

The Great Turkey Race Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity

Build a Turkey Obstacle Course in this Thanksgiving STEM Challenge! In the The Great Turkey Race STEM Activity, students design and build a Turkey Obstacle Course! An excellent companion activity to the Thanksgiving read aloud book The Great Turkey Race by Steve Metzger.The Turkey Obstacle Course STEM Project:Engage your students with the design process as they build a Turkey Obstacle Course. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
Preview of Washington & Lincoln Timelines President's Day for Kindergarten & First

Washington & Lincoln Timelines President's Day for Kindergarten & First

Created by
Class of Kinders
Teaching your kindergarten & first graders about the presidents in our history? Grab these presidential timelines specific for George Washington & Abe Lincoln! You are getting both! Each timeline has four events; just enough for young children in kindergarten & first grade to sequence/order. It's a great activity after reading any age appropriate presidential biography on either Washington and/or Lincoln. The Washington Timeline:He measured land.He got married.He was an Army General.
Preview of Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving Unit for 1st & 2nd Grade - Thanksgiving Activities

Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving Unit for 1st & 2nd Grade - Thanksgiving Activities

Your students will love learning all about Thanksgiving with this unit stuffed full of fun Thanksgiving activities! This unit includes 8 days worth of Thanksgiving activities addressing a variety of reading and writing standards. Each lesson includes two differentiated versions of the text passage and text based questions to allow for easy differentiation and access to all students. This All About Thanksgiving unit includes 16 close reading passages (2 differentiated passages for each topic belo
Preview of Animal Habitats Cut and Paste 8 Biomes Web Graphic Organizer Low Prep

Animal Habitats Cut and Paste 8 Biomes Web Graphic Organizer Low Prep

Created by
KidSparkz
Children create 8 animal habitat web graphic organizers by cutting and pasting 6 typical animals onto a habitat mat background.There are 8 habitats/environments represented: ForestRainforestFarmOcean PondDesert ArcticAfrican SavannaClick on the PREVIEW link to see most pages.Each habitat activity includes 4 pages:a web graphic organizer page, in color and b/w a page with 6 labeled animals to cut and paste, in colorand a page with 6 labeled animals to cut and paste, in b/wChoose either the pages
Preview of Where I Live - Social Studies Unit Activity

Where I Live - Social Studies Unit Activity

Created by
Traci Clausen
My place on the map is something primary students need a lot of time practicing in order to master the concept. Where I Live helps students understand where they live in relation to the planet, continents, state and city. It is constructed to show the relative size of each aspect of where they live, growing smaller as it progresses toward their city. In addition to the relative size of "my place on the map" activity, this resource includes activities that will allow students to further explore b
Preview of Apple Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade

Apple Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade

Created by
Stephanie Trapp
Your students will have a bushel of fun learning about apples with this thematic unit! Daily detailed lesson plans include literature suggestions, activities, art, literacy, science, math, music and games. There are also links to YouTube videos that fit in perfectly as well. Click on the PREVIEW to read each lesson plan, see the Week-at-a-Glance planning sheet, as well as examples of printables and art projects. Teacher Features You'll Love:• Detailed daily lesson plans • Week-at-a-Glance plann
Preview of Red Ribbon Week Book for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Preschool

Red Ribbon Week Book for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Preschool

Created by
Simply Kinder
Red Ribbon Week Book for Kindergarten, First Grade, and PreschoolRed Ribbon Week activities for the lower grades are hard. How do you talk about drugs when students have such innocence about them? Simply Kinder figured it out! Great for being drug free and the best me!Get this in a BUNDLE and save 50%Themed Learning Journal Yearly BundleIncluded in this download:Included in this download is an interactive reader coving the concepts:putting healthy things in our bodieswearing red ribbonsdressi
Preview of Bats Science Interactive Activities

Bats Science Interactive Activities

Created by
Reagan Tunstall
Bats! Bats! Bats!10 Interactive ScienceBat Activities! Fill your science notebook or create a 3-dimensional multi-page bat book full of interactive, hands-on science lessons!Included:•Title and craft book •Bat facts•Label a bat•Bat life cycle•Bats vs. birds•Bat adaptations•Bat vocabulary•Bat Facts and Opinions•Bat Prewriting•My Bat Discoveries WritingMore science activity books just like this one:Apple SciencePumpkin ScienceBat ScienceSpider ScienceThanksgiving Past and Present America The Brave
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Importance of learning social studies

Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.

Benefits of learning social studies

Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:

  • Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
  • Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
  • Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
  • Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities

By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.

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On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.

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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.

Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.

For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.

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There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.

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